The Common Deathwatch Beetle Xestobium rufovillosum (DeGeer, 1774) as a Pest for Paper in Books

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Joanna Karbowska-Berent ◽  
Izabela Żołowicz ◽  
Elżbieta M. Jabłońska
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Epicoccum Nigrum ◽  
Xestobium Rufovillosum ◽  
Deathwatch Beetle ◽  
The Common ◽  
Stachybotrys Atra ◽  
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AbstractA small repository in a cathedral in Poland, storing severely damaged books, was investigated with regard to insects and fungi. Entomological and microbiological surveys were performed to estimate the extent of the infestation and the microbial deterioration of the books. Most of the books were attacked by insects although to varying degrees. They were damaged by tunnels bored by the larvae and filled with larval faeces. Some living larvae and many dead adult beetles were found in the books or in the frass. The larvae and most of the beetles were identified as the common deathwatch beetle Xestobium rufovillosum (DeGeer, 1774). The development of Xestobium rufovillosum in books is an unusual case and has rarely been mentioned in the literature. Several books in the repository were also covered by microfungi, especially by Chaetomium murorum, Ch. elatum, Myxotrichum chartarum, Stachybotrys atra and Epicoccum nigrum. The temperature in the repository varied, depending on the season of the year (2.6 °C – 26.2 °C), while the relative humidity was high (constantly above 65 %). The concentration of the fungal bioaerosol was very high (4,120 cfu/m3). The article includes a list of recommendations pertaining to the elimination of the microorganisms and insects.

scholarly journals Common issues in the hetero-epitaxial seeding on SiC substrates in the sublimation growth of AlN crystals

2021 ◽  
Vol 127 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Radhakrishnan Sumathi
Keyword(s):  
Power Electronic ◽  
Etch Pit ◽  
Micro Hole ◽  
Wet Chemical ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
Hole Defects ◽  
Sublimation Growth ◽  
Impurity Elements ◽  
Very High

AbstractAluminium nitride (AlN) is a futuristic material for efficient next-generation high-power electronic and optoelectronic applications. Sublimation growth of AlN single crystals with hetero-epitaxial approach using silicon carbide substrates is one of the two prominent approaches emerged, since the pioneering crystal growth work from 1970s. Many groups working on this hetero-epitaxial seeding have abandoned AlN growth altogether due to lot of persistently encountered problems. In this article, we focus on most of the common problems encountered in this process such as macro- and micro-hole defects, cracks, 3D-nucleation, high dislocation density, and incorporation of unintentional impurity elements due to chemical decomposition of the substrate at very high temperatures. Possible ways to successfully solve some of these issues have been discussed. Other few remaining challenges, namely low-angle grain boundaries and deep UV optical absorption, are also presented in the later part of this work. Particular attention has been devoted in this work on the coloration of the crystals with respect to chemical composition. Wet chemical etching gives etch pit density (EPD) values in the order of 105 cm-2 for yellow-coloured samples, while greenish coloration deteriorates the structural properties with EPD values of at least one order more.

Molecule-Based Magnets—An Overview

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 21-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel S. Miller ◽  
Arthur J. Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Magnetic Ordering ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Materials Properties ◽  
The Common ◽  
New Processing ◽  
Very High

Molecule-based magnets are a broad, emerging class of magnetic materials that expand the materials properties typically associated with magnets to include low density, transparency, electrical insulation, and low-temperature fabrication, as well as combine magnetic ordering with other properties such as photoresponsiveness. Essentially all of the common magnetic phenomena associated with conventional transition-metal and rare-earth-based magnets can be found in molecule-based magnets. Although discovered less than two decades ago, magnets with ordering temperatures exceeding room temperature, very high (∼27.0 kOe or 2.16 MA/m) and very low (several Oe or less) coercivities, and substantial remanent and saturation magnetizations have been achieved. In addition, exotic phenomena including photoresponsiveness have been reported. The advent of molecule-based magnets offers new processing opportunities. For example, thin-film magnets can be prepared by means of low-temperature chemical vapor deposition and electrodeposition methods.

Spectrum of Imaging Findings in Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis (ROCM) in Post COVID Patients - A Pictorial Review with Clinico-Radiological Correlation

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (41) ◽  
pp. 3584-3590
Author(s):  
Devarajan Ellezhutil ◽  
Sajeeth Kumar Govindan Keeriyatt ◽  
Sunil Kumar Kunhiparambath ◽  
John Jimmy Nalappat
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Mri Findings ◽  
Pictorial Review ◽  
Radiological Patterns ◽  
The Common ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽  
Very High

BACKGROUND Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is a devastating fungal infection with very high rates of mortality. Many patients post corona virus disease (COVID) infection are increasingly being diagnosed with mucormycosis (black fungus). Imaging being central to the early diagnosis of the infection, the study aims to characterize the major radiological patterns of involvement of mucormycosis. Computed tomography (CT) & magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of 10 patients who were subsequently conformed to have mucormycosis were analyzed and 7 major patterns of involvement were detected. Imaging plays a vital role in the early diagnosis of ROCM. Knowledge about the common patterns of spread helps in picking the subtle signs of infection. KEYWORDS Mucormycosis, Post COVID, Fungal Sinusitis, ROCM

scholarly journals FLUAZIFOP-P-BUTYL EFFICACY AS A FUNCTION OF APPLICATION TIME AND HERBICIDE DOSE

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
L.F. CIESLIK ◽  
R.A. VIDAL ◽  
A.B. MACHADO ◽  
M.M. TREZZI
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Common Bean ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Leaf Angle ◽  
Herbicide Application ◽  
The Common ◽  
Bean Crop

ABSTRACT Grass weeds are common in summer crops and strongly decreases the grain yield of the common bean crop. The time of herbicide application influences the variability of environmental conditions and affects the product performance. The objectives of this work were to identify the time of fluazifop-p-butyl (fluazifop) application which gives best grass weed control in the common bean crop and to elucidate the environmental variables most important for the efficacy of this herbicide. Field experiments were conducted involving five application times (2 a.m., 6 a.m., 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.) and five doses of fluazifop (80, 110, 140, 170 and 200 g ha-1), with additional no-herbicide control. At the time of the herbicide application it was determined the air temperature, relative humidity, the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and the leaf angle, whereas the weed control and the dry mass of the weed Urochloa plantaginea was assessed at 20 days after treatment (DAT). Efficacy on grass control with fluazifop was dependent on the herbicide dose and on the time of day that the product was applied. Spray at early morning hours (6 a.m.) showed better efficacy on weed control in relation to periods during warmer conditions of the day (11 a.m. and 4 p.m.). Nocturnal fluazifop application had better weed control when compared to herbicide sprayed in the afternoon. The air temperature, relative humidity and PAR were correlated to weed leaf angle, which correlated the most with fluazifop performance.

scholarly journals Model Fusion for Building Type Classification from Aerial and Street View Images

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eike Jens Hoffmann ◽  
Yuanyuan Wang ◽  
Martin Werner ◽  
Jian Kang ◽  
Xiao Xiang Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Destructive Effect ◽  
Street View ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
The Common ◽  
Diverse Ensemble ◽  
Type Classification ◽  
Level Fusion ◽  
Very High ◽  
Image Type

This article addresses the question of mapping building functions jointly using both aerial and street view images via deep learning techniques. One of the central challenges here is determining a data fusion strategy that can cope with heterogeneous image modalities. We demonstrate that geometric combinations of the features of such two types of images, especially in an early stage of the convolutional layers, often lead to a destructive effect due to the spatial misalignment of the features. Therefore, we address this problem through a decision-level fusion of a diverse ensemble of models trained from each image type independently. In this way, the significant differences in appearance of aerial and street view images are taken into account. Compared to the common multi-stream end-to-end fusion approaches proposed in the literature, we are able to increase the precision scores from 68% to 76%. Another challenge is that sophisticated classification schemes needed for real applications are highly overlapping and not very well defined without sharp boundaries. As a consequence, classification using machine learning becomes significantly harder. In this work, we choose a highly compact classification scheme with four classes, commercial, residential, public, and industrial because such a classification has a very high value to urban geography being correlated with socio-demographic parameters such as population density and income.

Diffusion of water vapor through human skin in hot environment and with application of atropine

1959 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konrad J. K. Buettner ◽  
Frederick F. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Human Skin ◽  
Liquid Water ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
Diffusion Resistance ◽  
Vapor Transfer ◽  
Hot Environment ◽  
Human Forearm ◽  
Very High

At room temperatures between 20° and 40°C, vapor transfer through skin of human forearm was tested with four small heated bottles containing air of humidities ranging from 2 to 100% relative humidity. Exposure times ranging from 30 to 120 minutes had no influence on results. Water loss or gain of skin were observed for the different bottles. At very high humidities, liquid water deposit on the skin was measured by weighing a blotter. Skin vapor loss decreases systematically when bottle moisture increases. This increase is enhanced at room temperatures above 24℃, where total loss into a dry bottle increases more than fivefold. This increase seems only partially caused by sweat and partially by a decrease of the skin diffusion resistance. Tourniquet and locally applied atropine did not affect vapor transfer in a cool room. In a hot room, the tourniquet lowered the vapor loss by only 20%, whereas atropine drastically curtailed vapor loss. Submitted on August 25, 1958

Laboratory culture of the rice gall midge Pachydiplosis oryzae (Wood-Mason)

1969 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nalini Perera ◽  
Henry E. Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Gall Midge ◽  
Normal Activity ◽  
Laboratory Culture ◽  
Rice Plants ◽  
Rice Gall Midge ◽  
Mist Chamber ◽  
Gravid Females ◽  
Very High

No method has so far been available for the laboratory culture of Pachydiplosis oryzae Wood-Mason or for the controlled infestation of rice plants with this pest. Suitable techniques for the above have been developed and are described.For the laboratory culture of P. oryzae, exposure of rice seedlings to gravid females for oviposition and the subsequent maintenance of the plants at a very high humidity in a mist chamber gave high infestation rates but results were not consistent. But this method is suitable for the maintenance of a laboratory culture of this insect.A special oviposition tube was developed for inducing oviposition on limited areas of muslin, and this permitted easy observation, collection and handling of eggs.It was found that oviposition tended to occur most frequently between 1900 and 2200 hr. and that the midges most commonly laid 200–285 eggs.Eggs developed normally and hatched after seventy-two hours when the muslin carrying them was kept on barely moist filter paper in petri dishes.Sixty-hour-old eggs could be stored for up to five days at 80 ± 2°C. with the percentage hatch decreasing gradually from the first to the fifth day. Low temperature affected development and hatching of thirty-six-hour-old eggs more severely, and hatching was completely inhibited if eggs of this age were exposed to this low temperature for more than two days. Hatching was normal when eggs were maintained at relative humidities of and above 88.8 per cent., but below this level some eggs collapsed as a result of desiccation. At relative humidities below 94.8 per cent., larval movement was initially limited and thereafter inhibited and the larvae were contracted. Such larvae resumed normal activity on immersion in water. These immobilised larvae, obtained by exposure of fully developed eggs to a relative humidity in the range 92.9–94.8 per cent., could be revived by immersion in water and used for infesting paddy plants.Fully developed eggs, freshly hatched larvae and larvae subjected to relative humidities in the range 92.9–94.8 per cent. and subsequently revived, were transferred to rica plants bt spraying, or by pipetting on the leaf at the ligules or by pipetting on to the soil at the bases of plants. All these mathods proved successful but pipetting on to the soil between rows of plants was the simplest and is to be preferred for controlled infestation of plants.A very high relative humidity and wet plant surfaces as obtained in the mist chamber used in these studies were essential for successful infestation of rice plants by the gall midge larvae.

A Study of Double Microring Resonator Behavior for 1.3 μm Optical Communication

2014 ◽  
Vol 979 ◽  
pp. 483-486
Author(s):  
N. Pornsuwancharoen ◽  
M. Tasakorn ◽  
R. Phromloungsri ◽  
P.P. Yupapin
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communication ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Microring Resonator ◽  
Gaussian Pulse ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Gaussian Input ◽  
The Common ◽  
Very High

A system that can be used to generate the new optical communication using a Gaussian pulse propagating within a nonlinear microring resonator double add/drop multiplexing system is discussed. By using the wide range of the Gaussian input pulses, for instance, when the input pulses of the common lasers with center wavelengths 1,300 nm are used. Achievements obtained have shown that very high capacity more than 300 channels for optical communication.

The Reactions of the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forsk.), (Orthoptera, Acrididae) to Physical Factors, with special Reference to Relative Humidity

1957 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 515-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Schistocerca Gregaria ◽  
Fourth Instar ◽  
The Other ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Desert Locust ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
Enclosed Space ◽  
Very High

Reactions of 3-day-old first- and fourth-instar hoppers of Schistocerca gregaria (Forsk.) of phase gregaria, to three physical factors, namely to relative humidity, temperature and light have been studied in an alternative chamber apparatus designed to give an enclosed space with gradients of humidity. The responses to each factor independent of the others, and to the interactions of these factors, were considered.It was found that both the first- and the fourth-instar hoppers respond strongly to humidity. They are agitated by low, and even more by very high, humidities, but become more quiescent within a zone of 60–70 per cent. R.H., where they spend more time. Within this zone they hop and turn less and this decrease in activity appears to be a response which is independent of both temperature and of light intensity. This zone of decreased agitation has been called “the zone of minimum activity”. However, the speed of walking in contrast to the other types of activity, increased progressively with humidity.Increase in light intensity raises the level of activity at all humidities, i.e., it increases the duration of activity within the limits of experimental time and the speed of walking. With rise in temperature there is an increase in hopping, in klinokinesis and orthokinesis.

scholarly journals Assessment of valley cold pools and clouds in a very high-resolution numerical weather prediction model

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 3105-3117 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Hughes ◽  
A. N. Ross ◽  
S. B. Vosper ◽  
A. P. Lock ◽  
B. C. Jemmett-Smith
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Numerical Weather Prediction ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
Wave Radiation ◽  
Cold Pool ◽  
Cold Air ◽  
Numerical Weather ◽  
Pool Formation ◽  
Very High

Abstract. The formation of cold air pools in valleys under stable conditions represents an important challenge for numerical weather prediction (NWP). The challenge is increased when the valleys that dominate cold pool formation are on scales unresolved by NWP models, which can lead to substantial local errors in temperature forecasts. In this study a 2-month simulation is presented using a nested model configuration with a finest horizontal grid spacing of 100 m. The simulation is compared with observations from the recent COLd air Pooling Experiment (COLPEX) project and the model's ability to represent cold pool formation, and the surface energy balance is assessed. The results reveal a bias in the model long-wave radiation that results from the assumptions made about the sub-grid variability in humidity in the cloud parametrization scheme. The cloud scheme assumes relative humidity thresholds below 100 % to diagnose partial cloudiness, an approach common to schemes used in many other models. The biases in radiation, and resulting biases in screen temperature and cold pool properties are shown to be sensitive to the choice of critical relative humidity, suggesting that this is a key area that should be improved for very high-resolution modeling.

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